Did You Know That...
Your
fingernails grow four
times as fast as your toenails?
And
that
People are the
only animals in
the world who cry tears?
And
that
It's totally
impossible to sneeze
with your eyes open?
And
that
Every month you
grow a brand new
outer layer of skin..."a new you"?
And
that
Your brain
weighs about three
pounds, but over two pounds of that is water?
And
that
In your very own
lifetime, you'll
produce enough spit to fill two swimming pools?
And
that
If you were
freeze dried, like
coffee, 90% of your weight would be the real you, and 10% would be the
little critters that call your body their home?
And
that
You breathe in
about 7 quarts
of air every minute? Good thing it's free!
And
that
314 Americans
had their butts
lifted surgically in 1994? (Scary thought!)
And
that
Your dad sweats
enough each day
to fill up a 6 pack of soda cans...and then some?
And
that
By the time your
grandmother is
72 years old, her heart will have chalked up over two-and-a-half
BILLION
beats!
And
that
Your stomach
makes a new layer
of mucus every 2 weeks. Otherwise, it will digest itself.
And
that
Every time you
lick a stamp, you're
consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
And
that
To escape the
grip of a crocodile's
jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs...it will let go instantly.
Hey,
you never know...
And
that
If you yelled
for 8 years, 7 months
and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat
one
cup of coffee.
And
that
If you toot
consistently for 6
years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy
of
an atomic bomb.
And
that
The human heart
creates enough
pressure when it pumps blood, that it could squirt blood 30 feet.
And
that
Banging your
head against a wall
uses 150 calories an hour
And
that
On average
people fear spiders
more than they do death.
And
that
Relative to its
size, the strongest
muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
And
that
You can't kill
yourself by holding
your breath.
And
that
Americans on the
average eat 18
acres of pizza every day.
And
that
Did you know
that you are more
likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous
spider?
And
that
Right-handed
people live, on average,
nine years longer than left-handed people do.
And
that
In ancient
Egypt, Priests plucked
EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and
eyelashes.
And
that
If you blink one
eye you move
over 200 muscles.
And
that
The rush of air
produced by a
cough moves at a speed approaching 600 miles per hour.
And
that
The liver
performs over 500 different
functions.
And
that
Platelets are
manufactured at
the rate of 200 billion a day.
And
that
You
will be totally unable to lick your elbow, and I just know you're going
to try.
And that
The length of
your foot is the
same las that of your forearm between your wrist and the inside of your
elbow? You're probably thinking "no way", but give it a
try...you'll
be amazed! |
Why don't
you search
the web for some more amazing treasures? If you find some good
ones,
send them my way, and I'll paste your gems on this page.
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